Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Bishop Elenito Galido Country Philippines | Sui iuris church Latin Church Area 3,092 km² Phone +63 63 221 2355 Metropolitan archbishop Martin S. Jumoad | |
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Territory 25 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities of Lanao del Norte (Linamon, Kauswagan, Bacolod, Maigo, Kolambugan, Tubod, Baroy, Lala, Kapatagan, Sapad, Salvador, and Magsaysay) Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2007)
1,428,516
855,511 (56.58%) Established February 17, 1971 (Prelature), November 15, 1982 (Diocese) Address Bishop's House, Isabel Village, Palao, Iligan City, 9200, Lanao del Norte, Philippines Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ozamiz Similar St Michael's Cathedral, INAHAN SA KINABUH, CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH, SAN LORENZO RUIZ PA, MSU ‑ IIT NATIONAL MULTI‑ P Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan (Lat: Dioecesis Iliganensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising 25 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities located at the northern half of the Province of Lanao del Norte.
Erected on February 17, 1971 as a territorial prelature out of the newly elevated Diocese of Ozamiz, it was subdivided on November 20, 1976 to form the new Territorial Prelature of Marawi.
On November 15, 1982 the prelature nullius was elevated to a full diocese and is a suffragan first to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro and then later to the Archdiocese of Ozamiz after its elevation on January 24, 1983.
The current bishop is Elenito de los Reyes Galido, appointed in 2006. Bishop Elenito Galido was a diocesan clergyman from the Diocese of Malaybalay in the province of Bukidnon. He is the fourth bishop of the diocese.